National Catholic Register7d
The Shrine of St. Valentine: Sacramental Marriage and Love ‘at the Heart of the Church’
The Carmelite church at Whitefriar Street in Dublin is an unlikely but popular pilgrimage site for couples, who can venerate ...
Greek Reporter7d
Valentine’s Day: The Greek Roots of the Saint of Love
Was Saint Valentine Greek? A Catholic community on Lesvos says there are strong clues that he was either Greek or of Greek ...
The Daily Republic10d
Sweet support from First Lutheran Church Valentine’s Day bake sale raises funds for scholarships
The church’s Valentine’s bake sale, which has grown into an annual event, is a primary source of funding for the scholarship.
CBS News7d
Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day and who was Saint Valentine?
Each Valentine's Day, millions of Americans gift their partners or loved ones with flowers, cards or candy as a token of their affections on Feb. 14. But while some see it as a commercialized ...
The history of Valentine's Day: From its pagan origins to a billion-dollar holiday
Feb. 14th is all about romance and love! Whether you're celebrating it with a partner, friends, or family, here's what you ...
Martyrs? Bacchanalia? Chaucer? Delving into the murky origins of Valentine’s Day
According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...
The Conversation9d
How Valentine’s Day was transformed by the Industrial Revolution and ‘manufactured intimacy’
When we think of Valentine’s Day, chubby Cupids ... a lady and gentleman walking arm-in-arm up a pathway toward a church. Halliday recalled watching in fascination as “the windows of small ...
Yahoo10d
Sweet support from First Lutheran Church Valentine's Day bake sale raises funds for scholarships
Feb. 11—MITCHELL — First Lutheran Church in Mitchell has been celebrating Valentine's Day in a sweet way — by baking and selling a wide variety of homemade treats.
Messenger: Peaceful Village in Missouri gets the gift of democracy on Valentine’s Day
None of that apparently matters to the younger Ross. Going into a potential Valentine’s Day Massacre — a massacre of fair and open governing — he thought he had the votes. He and his wife are on the ...